Brick-pointer.



L. W. WOLF.

BRICK POINTER.

APPLICATION men APR. 14. 1915.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

INVENTOR ATTORN EY reception of the body of the device.

, of this character F RACINE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF RACINE, OHIO.

BRICK-EPOINTER.

misses.

Application filed April 14, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS W. WOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Meigs and State of Ohio, have'invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Brick-Pointers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brick pointers and more particularly to the class of fountain brick pointers which are for filling crevices and spaces between the bricks of a brick wall with cement, mortar or other similar substances.

The invention aims to provide a device which may be operated by one hand of the person using the device and guide over the crevices or place that is being repaired by the other hand of the operator.

As a further object of the invention the device is provided with means for thrusting a cylinder through a container without the use of gear wheels or similar mechanism.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a brick pointer which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough'usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily sub jected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the device.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the lower portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective View of a modified form of the pointing tool.

The spout 1 is provided with an enlarged end 2 which forms a recess or socket for the preferred form of my spout 1 is open at its forward end and is constructed with a hollow interior and is disposed at an angle to the vertical center line of the socket 2. Mounted upon the top of the forward end of the spout 1 is a pointing tool 3 which is substantially triangular in formation and has its side edges Specification of Letters Patent.

bent downwardly to form Patented Feb. 20, 1917. Serial No. 91,127.

the curved plate of the pointing tool, the wide end of the triangular plate portion of being fastened to the spout l by the screw 4. A handle or hand grip 5 is mounted upon the forward end of the spout and, as indicated by Fig. 1 of the drawing, the screw 4 extends into one end of the hand grip 5 thereby securing it in position where it may be grasped by one hand of the operator while the device is in use. Formed on the spout 1 at opposite sides thereof are the straps 6 which are designed connected to and form a part of the pointing tool 3. These arms 7 constitute a fastening and strengthening means for the pointing tool which brace the tool against the bending movement while it is in use and, it will be observed, that when it is desired to move the pointing tool 3 from the spout 1 it is only necessary to remove the screw 4 and slide the pointing tool off the spout, the arms 7 readily sliding out of engagement with the straps 6.

cylindrical container 8 is mounted in the socket 2 and its interior communicates with the spout 1. Mortar, cement or other similar material which is employed for pointing bricks is contained within the container 8 and a piston 9 is slidably mounted within the container and is adapted to move upwardly and downwardly for ejecting the contents of the container when the device is in operation. A closure 10 is mounted at the upperend of the container and may be removed when it is desired to fill the container with the mortar or cement. Projecting laterally from opposite sides of the container at the lower end thereof are the studs 11 which are adapted to register with the L-shaped slots 12 formed in the socket 2 as indicated by Fig. 2 of the drawing, thereby providing an easy method for detaching or attaching the container.

For the purpose of ejecting the contents, I provide the piston 7 with a piston rod 13 which has one of its side faces provided with teeth or serrations 14 and mounted on the piston rod 13 above the closure 10 is a yoke 15, one of its inner faces provided with teeth 16 which are adapted to register with the teeth 14 of the piston rod 13. An adjusting screw 17 is mounted in the end of the yoke the pointing tool I opposite to the side upon be removed upwardly in the container 1 and 'containerejected from the spout for filling tool is foreshortened which theteeth 16 are formed and is designed to operate a spring clamp 18 which bears against the piston rod 13 to hold it in engagement withthe teeth, 16 of the yoke. An operating handle is provided for the yoke which consists of the integrally formed arm 19 bent to extend downwardly along the side of the container and which terminates in a hand grip 20. By pulling outwardly on the yoke the teeth 16 will be disengaged from the teeth 1 1 ofthe piston rod and the yoke may to a position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. A. handle-21 is rigidly secured to one side of the container and in vertical alinementwith the handle 20 by grasping the two handles 20 and 21 and forcing them together the piston will be caused to move downwardly the contents of the the crevices between the bricks. The other hand of the operator will grasp the hand grip '5 and thereby it may be guided along the containers line of movement.

In the modification shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing,I have provided a pointing tool 3 of a slightly different formation inasmuch 23 or free end of the and forms a semi-circular opening 24 through which the mortar passes while it is being placed between the bricks thereby forming ahead of mortar which extends outwardly a slight distance over the bricks of the wall. The large end of the pointing tool 3 is provided with the extending arms 7 which are adapted to be received by the straps 6 in the above described manner. p

In reduction to pr ctice I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description,'as the preferred embodiment, is the most efiicient and practicable; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim 1' 1. A device of the character described comprising a container having a spout as the extreme point .mo-unted at one end, the said spout being Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

ends of the arms being engaged by the said straps, and a fastening element engaging the said spout and the said tool including a hand grip disposed at right angles to the said tool.

2. A device of the character described comprising a container having a spout mounted at one end, the said spout being provided with a socket for receiving the end of the said container, a piston and a piston rod arranged within the container and adapted to be moved for ejecting the contents of the container through the said spout, the said spout being extended at an angle from the container and provided with straps on opposite sides, a pointing tool, arms carried by the pointing tool and adapted to be embraced by the said straps for removably attaching the said pointing tool to the spout, the large end of the said pointing tool embracing a portion of the end of the said spout, the said spout and the said pointing tool having apertures adapted to aline for receiving a fastening screw, and a hand grip extending at right angles to the said pointing tool and fastened to the said fastening screw.

3. A device of the character described comprising a cylindrical container, a socket provided with a spout disposed at an angle to the socket, the said container being mounted in the said socket, a pointing tool carried by the said spout, a piston and apiston rod slidably associated with the said container, the piston rod having one end projected through the closed end of the said container, a yoke embracing the said projected end of the piston rod, both the piston rod and the yoke being provided with complementary serrations adapted to intermittently engage an adjusting screw carried by the said yoke, the interior end of the said screw having a spring clamp mounted thereon and contacting with the said piston rod, operating handles including a stationary handle rigidly fixed to the said container adjacent the said socket, and a movable handle having one end rigidly attached to the said yoke and provided with a vertical intermediate portion adapted to lie parallel with the said container and having its free end provided with a right angularly extending hand grip for cooperating with the said fixed member for imparting movement to the said piston.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS W. WOLF.

Witnesses MARY C. SHANNON, BLANCHE PICKENS.

Commissioner of Patents, 

